Examples:

In The Sixth SenseDr. Malcolm Crowe follows all the rules given for ghosts, while still (theoretically) leaving the viewer with the impression that he is a living human.

Sherlock Holmes stories, and mysteries in general, often make heavy use of this rule. When they don't they frequently aren't considered as good.

In Dead Beat, one of the reasons zombie Sue is so awesome is because it doesn't technically break the Laws of Magic that forbid necromancy, as those laws apply only to humans.

Death Note is basically built around this rule, as much of the entertainment derives from Light and L's clever use of the rules of logic and (in Light's case) the rules of the Death Note.

Baby Steps: Unlike some other sports manga, not only is tennis portrayed as realistically as possible, but also how the body develops and transforms over the course of training.

The ending of Fullmetal Alchemist is great because in Edward's transmutation to bring his brother's body back from the gate, he follows equivalent exchange: the door that's been present in every gate scene since the beginning of the series, for his brother's body.

This happens a lot in the writings of Brandon Sanderson due to his logical and complex magic systems.

The original Naruto carefully built a world where a few core mechanics could explain nearly every character's powers, with many fights resolved with creativity and logic instead of brute force. The less-popular Naruto Shippuden played much looser with the rules of its universe, almost to the point of becoming a Dragon Ball Z-style anime where fights were won by stacking vague power-ups and genetic advantages on top of each other. A notable exception is the Pein arc, which was well-received by fans and spent a lot of time exploring the mechanics of Pein's abilities.

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